Christina the Egalitarian

I’m here to rant about the upcoming drama  Curfew —a show that hasn’t even aired yet but has already set my blood boiling. The premise? A dystopian future where men are under a strict curfew from 7 PM to 7 AM, their movements tracked like prisoners and they’re monitored via ankle tags because—wait for it— men are all dangerous.  It sounds eerily similar to the ludicrous calls for a men’s curfew that cropped up in the wake of Sarah Everard’s tragic death. As if collective punishment of an entire gender was ever a reasonable solution.  The response to that tragedy, while rooted in genuine concern, devolved into a collective panic that suggested men should be treated as potential criminals simply because of their gender. This is not just lazy thinking; it’s a gross oversimplification of a complex issue. Yes, women need to feel safe in public spaces…but we all do- regardless of gender, so vilifying an entire gender as inherently dangerous is not the solution.  I mean, come on, are we reall

  There’s something about the term "girl's girl" that makes my skin crawl. It's not just a harmless phrase, but one that comes with an unsettling implication: women are obligated to automatically support or compliment other women simply because of shared gender. The expectation that we must be unfailingly polite or shower others with kindness just because we both have the same anatomy is patronizing, to say the least.  Alright, let’s dive right into this dumpster fire of an expression: "girl's girl." Just hearing it makes my blood pressure rise. I’m not here to sugarcoat it—it’s a phrase loaded with nonsense, and it’s time we collectively throw it in the bin. Why, you ask? Because it comes with the ridiculous assumption that if someone has the same set of genitalia as you, you must  nice to them, compliment them, and be their bestie by default. News flash: having the same reproductive organs as someone else doesn’t automatically create a bond of sisterho